Journal of Transportation back issues from April 2009:
Study results from Nanjing University update understanding of science.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from Nanjing, People's Republic of China, "The on-line direct self-repair control and actuator failures re-test and represent techniques are proposed in this paper when the civil aviation aircraft (CAA) is under maintenance in grand and in high altitude and high speed ...
Studies from C.H. Gao and colleagues yield new information about science.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "The airline fleet assignment problem involves assigning aircraft to flights to maximize profit. Different fleet assignment solutions cause dramatically different performance in subsequent crew-planning and operational processes." ...
Researchers at Purdue University target science.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "During emergencies, decision making is a challenging task requiring immediate and effective action from responders under the pressures of incomplete and erroneous information. Identification of appropriate resources and personnel, proper lines of communication, and timely accessibility to ...
Studies from D.K. Howarth et al add new findings in the area of science.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "This paper describes the market for air vehicles that offer Very Short Take Off and Landing (VSTOL) capabilities, also known as VSTOL aircraft. A commercial VSTOL aircraft will only succeed if it provides profits to both manufacturers ...
New aerospace research study findings have been reported by J. Arvesen and colleagues.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "This presents the capabilities of two English Electric Aviation Canberra aircraft owned by High Altitude Mapping Missions, Inc. These aircraft are available for high altitude commercial, government, and scientific missions." "The ...
Research from University of Rome in the area of vehicular technology published.(Company overview)
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from Rome, Italy, "Wireless communications and IP networks will evolve into a new converged vision, which is called ''beyond the third generation,'' where charging and billing will be essential tools for customer care to fight competition and to assure operator's ...
New transportation study results from University of Milan described.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Crema, Italy, "W e present an optimization algorithm developed for a provider of software-planning tools for distribution logistics companies. The algorithm computes a daily plan for a heterogeneous fleet of vehicles that depart from different depots and ...
Alaska Airlines Suspends Petersburg Service March 23-April 21 Due to Runway Closing.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Alaska Airlines will not operate in or out of Petersburg from March 23 to April 21, 2009, due to the State of Alaska, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF) closure of the Petersburg runway to jet aircraft operations. The closure is necessary to replace several culverts ...
New Bidders Announced for Eclipse Assets - Team of All Former Eclipse Customers.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Two leaders of the Ad Hoc Customer Committee and Steering Committee announced they have formed a team of all Eclipse customers (owners and deposit holders) to acquire the assets of Eclipse Aviation Corporation (Eclipse) for the benefit of Eclipse owners and depositors. Eclipse ...
smart center Cerritos Now Open in the Cerritos Auto Square, World's Largest Auto Mall, in Cerritos, California.
Apr 04, 2009 ... smart is now open in the world famous Cerritos Auto Square. smart center Cerritos retail center is located at 18120 Studebaker Road in the Cerritos Auto Square. The Cerritos Auto Square is the worldEs largest auto mall, and is of service to all in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside ...
Reports from Y.R. Tsai et al highlight recent research in vehicular technology.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... "In third-generation code division multiple access (3G CDMA) mobile cellular systems, orthogonal variable spreading factor (OVSF) codes are applied in downlink to maintain the orthogonality between different channels. Since the number of available codes is limited, efficiently utilizing ...
Historic Takeoff Makes 'Flying Car' a Reality.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Terrafugia, Inc., a game-changing aircraft company, announced the first flight of its Transition(R) Roadable Aircraft Proof of Concept. Often referred to as a "flying car", the Transition(R) is a two-seat aircraft designed to take off and land at local airports and drive on any road ....
New findings in vehicular technology described by X. Zhang and co-researchers.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Beijing, People's Republic of China, "Cooperative communications significantly improve the performance of wireless networks with the help of relay nodes, whereas multiuser diversity (MUD) is a kind of diversity inherent in multiuser systems." ...
IAC Earns Toyota's Top Supplier Recognition for Innovative Technology.
Apr 04, 2009 ... International Automotive Components (IAC) Group North America was among only five suppliers recently honored for innovative technology by Toyota during its annual TEMA Technology & Development Award presentation at the 2009 Toyota Annual Business Meeting. "Toyota values the ...
URG Creates New Pinnacle Upgrade to Help Recyclers Meet Federal Reporting Requirements.
Apr 04, 2009 ... The United Recyclers Group (URG) has announced a new benefit for members that will help them remain in compliance with upcoming Federal requirements for all automotive recyclers. At no cost to URG members, a server based program has been developed that will be able to extract the required ...
Photos: U.S. Flyers Fee'd Up With Checked Bags Charges, but Will Soar for Savings.
Apr 04, 2009 ... TripAdvisor(R), the world's most popular and largest travel community, announced its airline and airports survey of more than 1,500 U.S. respondents. Fifty-one percent of travelers plan to fly between one to four times in the next 12 months, and 45 percent will fly five times or more in ...
Frontier Airlines' Griz becomes Akron-Canton Airport's 500th Facebook Group Member.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Grizwald, the loveable bear spokesanimal for Frontier Airlines became the 500th member of the Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) Facebook group today helping achieve an impressive milestone. And because Griz was so excited, he is giving away two tickets on Frontier Airlines. "Frontier ...
Data on transportation detailed by researchers at University of Vienna.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from Vienna, Austria, "Companies in the concrete industry are facing the following scheduling problem on a daily basis: Concrete produced at several plants has to be delivered at customers' construction sites using a heterogeneous fleet of vehicles in a timely, but ...
Researchers at Murray State University have published new data on transportation.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "T his paper studies the arc-routing problem that arises in small-package delivery. In practice, each service provider is encouraged to follow a master route-a predesigned sequence of street addresses-over an extended planning horizon (more than one day)," researchers in the United States ...
New vehicular technology research has been reported by S. Kim et al.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... "The enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) of IEEE 802.11e has been standardized to support quality of service (QoS) in wireless local area networks (LANs). The EDCA statistically supports the QoS by differentiating the probability of channel access among different priority traffic ...
Continental Launches 'Revolution' in Commercial Vehicle Tires at Mid-America Trucking Show.
Apr 04, 2009 ... With a multimedia event featuring videos, demonstrations and information from Continental executives, Continental Tire North America, Inc. (CTNA) today launched its "Continental Revolution," a new program designed to improve the product, service and training offerings to commercial vehicle ...
Research from University of California in the area of vehicular technology published.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, "Recent advances in vehicular communications make it possible to realize vehicular sensor networks, i.e., collaborative environments where mobile vehicles that are equipped with sensors of ...
New research on vehicular technology from C. Williams and co-authors summarized.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from the United Kingdom, "Orthogonal frequency-division multiplex (OFDM) offers a low-complexity solution to equalization in multipath channels but does so by increasing the symbol period. This places a limit on the mobility of such systems since time variations in the ...
Volkswagen Renews Partnership as the Official Automotive Partner of Major League Soccer.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Volkswagen of America, Inc., Major League Soccer and Soccer United Marketing, MLS's marketing arm, announced a new multi-year partnership. The agreement renews Volkswagen's status as the Official Automotive partner of Major League Soccer. Volkswagen has been an MLS partner since 2008. ...
AlertDriving Announces Re-Launch of FleetAlert.
Apr 04, 2009 ... AlertDriving is proud to announce the re-launch of its industry leading e-newsletter, FleetAlert. As the global pulse of fleet risk management, FleetAlert serves as a one-stop resource for the industryEs top news, best practices, and the latest trends in fleet risk management. The first ...
SATSair Reports Record Year for 2008.
Apr 04, 2009 ... SATSair, the leading provider of on-demand air cab services, has announced record revenues and outstanding financial performance for 2008 along with new milestones reached in consecutive hours of operation - all despite adverse global economic conditions. SATSair ended the year ...
Research on vehicular technology reported by scientists at National Chiao Tung University.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from Hsinchu, Taiwan, "Cluster-based sensor networks have the advantages of reducing energy consumption and link-maintenance cost. One fundamental issue in cluster-based sensor networks is determining the optimal number of clusters." "In this paper, we ...
New vehicular technology data have been reported by researchers at National University.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from Singapore, Singapore, "We investigate the performance limits and associated power-allocation problems in a multiple-antenna diversity system with statistical channel information available at the transmitter. The channels are assumed to be independent and ...
DFW International Airport Celebrates Customer Appreciation Week as Spring Break Begins.
Apr 04, 2009 ... DFW International Airport is welcoming Spring Break by celebrating Customer Appreciation Week, thanking customers for flying DFW and offering parking deals and new amenities throughout the Airport's five terminals. DFW employees will also be out in the concourses shaking hands and saying ...
Airservices Australia Selects Sensis/NAV CANADA Team for National Tower Program Technology Project.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Airservices Australia has selected the team of Sensis Corporation/NAV CANADA to design and deliver an integrated air traffic control (ATC) solution for its National Tower Program (NTP) Technology Project. The Sensis/NAV CANADA solution, the Integrated Tower Automation Suite (INTAS), is ...
Latest Travelocity Promotion Offers Travelocity PriceGuardian on Vacation Packages.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Travelocity announced its oFee-Free, Worry-Free Travelo promotion that eliminates Travelocity flight booking fees for all domestic and international flights and also includes Travelocity PriceGuardianSM for vacation packages, to help anxious travelers with an age old dilemma: oWhat if the ...
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA Applauds National Mediation Board Appointment.
Apr 04, 2009 ... The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) congratulated the Obama Administration today for their appointment of Linda Puchala to the National Mediation Board (NMB). When confirmed, Puchala will replace a current board member who was a hold-over appointment from the Bush ...
A World of New Cars: New York Auto Show Announces 33 Vehicles Scheduled for Press Conferences ... so Far!
Apr 04, 2009 ... For over a century, the New York International Automobile Show has ignited the passion and stirred the souls of car lovers with its mix of futuristic concept cars and all-new vehicles, and 2009 is no exception. The Show has already received press conference requests from more than twenty ...
Researchers from University of California describe findings in vehicular technology.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "In this paper, we investigate the problem of multiuser resource management in multihop cognitive radio networks for delay-sensitive applications. Since tolerable delay does not allow propagating global information back and forth ...
Frontier Airlines St. Patrick's Day Sale.
Apr 04, 2009 ... While you're wearing green this St. Patrick's Day, Frontier Airlines wants to save you some green, too. The Denver-based airline announced a three-day sale starting March 16, 2009, that will get you to more than 20 destinations across the United States for as low as $39* each way ....
Qantas Implements Travel Stimulus Offer for North Americans Flying to Australia and New Zealand.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Offering financial incentive for North American travelers heading to Australia and New Zealand, Qantas Airways presents an attractive Aussie and Kiwi travel stimulus with one of the lowest airfares in years. Starting at just $299 each way in economy (based on round trip purchase, plus tax ...
Growth Opportunities Amidst Challenges inside the North American Heavy Duty Truck Aftermarket.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fc7933/strategic_overview) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Strategic Overview of the North American Heavy Duty Truck" to their offering. This research service presents the broad picture ...
Researchers at University of Canterbury release new data on vehicular technology.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "A sequence-based multiple-input-multiple-output receiver incorporating channel estimation and tracking for a frequency selective fading environment is developed. It employs near-maximum likelihood sequence estimation using the partitioned Viterbi algorithm and offers linearly increasing ...
AutoWeek Offers Free Virtual Tour of the 2009 Geneva Motor Show.
Apr 04, 2009 ... On the heels of success at the Detroit and Chicago auto shows, the editors at AutoWeek released their third virtual tour, this time visiting the 2009 Geneva motor show. The tour is available for free at www.autoweek.com/genevatour. The audio tour gives those unable to attend an interactive ...
Analyse the Worldwide Market for Anti-Lock Braking Systems ABS Installed In Automobiles Only In US$ Million.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/91c227/antilock_braking) has announced the addition of the "Anti-Lock Braking Systems - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering. This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Anti-Lock Braking ...
ATSG, DHL Agree to Amend Promissory Note.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSG) said that on Monday, March 16, 2009, its subsidiary ABX Air, Inc. signed an agreement with DHL to amend its $92.3 million unsecured promissory note with DHL, and also signed a memorandum of understanding (oMOUo) with DHL concerning leases of ...
Research findings from Southeast University update understanding of vehicular technology.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "We present a new method for data gathering that maximizes lifetime for wireless sensor networks. It involves three parts," scientists in Nanjing, People's Republic of China report. "First, nodes organize themselves into several static clusters by the Hausdorff clustering ...
Teamsters Announce Support of NextGen.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Teamsters Airline Division Director David Bourne today sent a letter to Sen. John D. Rockefeller and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, chairman and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee respectively, to express appreciation for their support of the Next Generation Air Transportation ...
FAA Technical Employees Troubled by FAA Attempts to Eliminate Certification.
Apr 04, 2009 ... The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists, AFL-CIO (PASS), the union that represents over 11,000 employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) including technicians who install, maintain, repair and certify the radar, navigation and communication systems making up the National ...
New transportation data have been reported by scientists at University of Arizona.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "In the 1960s, Braess showed that the overall system performance of a transportation network can be degraded when a new link is added to the network, given that travelers choose their routes based on the user equilibrium (UE) principle. This ...
Researchers at University of Waterloo release new data on vehicular technology.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... "In this paper, we propose an analytical model for the distributed reservation protocol (DRP), which is defined in the WiMedia specification for ultra-wideband (UWB)-based wireless personal area networks (WPANs). We model the tagged user as a discrete-time queue with vacations, which ...
New vehicular technology findings from University of Waterloo described.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... "In this paper, a cross-layer design of a wireless communication system is proposed by considering a quadrature signaling (QS)-based cooperative diversity (CD) system employing truncated stop-and-wait automatic repeat request (ARQ) for error control. The proposed CD-ARQ scheme employs ...
Research from University of Chile in the area of transportation published.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "T his paper presents a hybrid adaptive predictive control approach that includes future information in real-time routing decisions in the context of a dynamic pickup and delivery problem (DPDP). We recognize in this research that when the problem is dynamic, an additional stochastic ...
Study data from Oregon State University update knowledge of vehicular technology.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Traditional approaches to reliably transmit information over an error-prone network employ either forward error correction (FEC) or retransmission techniques. In this paper, we propose some network coding schemes to reduce the number of ...
New research on vehicular technology from National Cheng-Kung University summarized.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "This paper presents a blind synchronizer for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) systems based on signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR) maximization. Due to the incurred losses from intersymbol interference (ISI) and intercarrier interference (ICI) introduced by ...
Study data from University of Texas update understanding of vehicular technology.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... "This paper considers the problem of selecting a subset of nodes in a two-hop wireless network to act as relays in aiding the communication between the source-destination pair. Optimal relay subset selection with the objective of maximizing the overall throughput is a difficult problem ...
The Toro Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend.(Company overview)
Apr 04, 2009 ... The Toro Company (NYSE: TTC) announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents per share. The dividend is payable on April 13, 2009 to shareholders of record on March 30, 2009. As of March 17, the company has 36,378,802 common ...
AAA Members Saved More Than $2.1 Billion Last Year Using Club-Arranged Discounts.
Apr 04, 2009 ... AAA discounts, including those available via the organization's Show Your Card and Save(R) program, saved AAA members more than $2.1 billion in 2008. Members that used the discounts had an average savings of $101 during the year. AAA members saved on everything from hotels and restaurants ...
oneworld Airlines Respond to U.S. DOT Request for Information About Antitrust Immunity Application.
Apr 04, 2009 ... The five oneworld(R) alliance members that are seeking global antitrust immunity have taken another step toward increasing worldwide competition and improved service for customers by responding to a request for additional information from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). ...
Ireland's Avaeon Solutions Selected by Safeway Insurance Group to Automate Policy Lifecycle Functions for Company's Homeowner Insurance Program.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Avaeon Solutions, an Ireland-based provider of software solutions to companies in multiple market segments, announced that it has been chosen by Chicago-based Safeway Insurance Group to provide a comprehensive policy-management system for administering homeowner insurance in Safeway's home ...
Research from University of Nevada has provided new data on vehicular technology.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, "In this paper, we describe a novel approach for reducing the power consumption and complexity of a multiband orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) ultrawideband (UWB) system by ...
Southwest Airlines Cargo Honored as Airline of the Year.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Southwest Airlines Cargo is proud to announce it was recognized for its excellence in air cargo for the fifth straight year, named "Airline of the Year" by the Express Delivery & Logistics Association (XLA). "Southwest Airlines' reliable schedule and outstanding Customer ...
Cars in Turkey 2009.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/75922a/snapshots_turkey_c) has announced the addition of the "Snapshots Turkey Cars 2009" company profile to their offering. Snapdata's Snapshots Turkey Cars 2009 provides 2008 year-end market size data, with 2009 ...
South African Airways to Enhance Service, Offer Same-Day Connections between North America and Botswana.
Apr 04, 2009 ... South African Airways (SAA) announced that it will make it even faster and more convenient to fly from North America to Botswana by offering new jet service between Johannesburg and Gaborone, joining regional partner South African Express, which currently operates the route daily ....
Data on vehicular technology detailed by researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "An online optimization procedure provides the parameters of a nonlinear battery model by taking into account a few minutes of measured current-voltage data. Within a defined range in terms of charge current, state of charge (SOC), and duration of charge and discharge events, the model is ...
Virgin America Announces Fee Changes.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Virgin America announced changes to the airline's baggage fee structure, as well as its online change and cancellation fee. Effective today, the airline is lowering its fee for changes or cancellations made online at www.virginamerica.com from $75 to $50. The airline has also changed its ...
Light Trucks in Australia - Report Available Now.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8320ee/light_trucks_in_au) has announced the addition of the "Light trucks in Australia" report to their offering. The Light trucks in Australia industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and ...
Study data from Queen's University update knowledge of vehicular technology.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, "Future wireless cellular systems, i.e., high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) and 1x EVolution Data Optimized Revision A (1xEV-DO Rev A), promise to revolutionize the mobile users' ...
Strategy Analytics: Automotive Implosion.
Apr 04, 2009 ... The Strategy Analytics Automotive Electronic service report, oRoad Maps for Detroit Restructuring: A Bumpy Road Ahead,o examines the restructuring plans set forth by General Motors and Chrysler as mandated by the terms of the emergency loan received in December, 2008. Both the General ...
Light trucks in Sweden.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/13ce70/light_trucks_in_sw) has announced the addition of the "Light trucks in Sweden" report to their offering. The Light trucks in Sweden industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis ...